Interatheriidae

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Interatheriidae Fossil range: ?late Paleocene to late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: †Notoungulata Suborder: †Typotheria Family: †Interatheriidae Ameghino, 1887
Subfamilies and Genera
†Interatheriinae †Archaeophylus †Caenophilus †Cochilius †Epipatriarchus †Interatherium †Medistylus †Miocochilius †Paracochilius †Plagiarthrus †Protypotherium †Munyiziinae †Munyizia †Notopithecinae †Antepithecus †Guilielmoscottia †Notopithecus †Transpithecus

Interatheriidae is an extinct family of notoungulate mammals from South America. Interatheriids are known from the Paleocene or Eocene through the Miocene (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

[edit] References

• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8

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